Erik Satie, Socrate
and French Song Cycles by Menasce, Chabrier, Honegger, Roussel, Poulenc

This recording is a treasury of the rare and exotic, a collection of quintessentially french, french songs, many of them forgotten and unperformed for several generations. French song typically offers easy, elegant music as a backdrop for poetry that explores a concise and intense emotion. The glory of this style is ultimately the French language itself, which few use to greater effect than Hugues Cuenod. He shared the cultural background of these song writers, yet, his extraordinary performing longevity spans the modern age. Cuenod’s performances have the unerring natural timing of a storyteller as he draws us into the web of these unexpected gems.